Mar 22, 1999
Two low pressure centers, one heading south from Canada and another one moving north from the southeast U.S., consolidated into one big storm over northeast Pennsylvania by late March 21. This area of low pressure then rapidly deepened as it tracked up the Hudson Valley. The system tapped both Gulf of Mexico as well as Atlantic moisture to dump 2 to locally in excess of 4 inches of precipitation across Ulster and Greene counties in less than a 12 hour interval. The majority of precipitation wa
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5691724). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Greene County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.